ONE-ON-ONE TRAINING

Achieve breakthrough leadership success

As the world of work has changed, so have the demands on public service leaders. It’s now harder than ever to succeed at work and have energy left in the tank for anything else.

My one-on-one training program, Personalized Leadership Development, is a proven way to help Executives and Senior Managers navigate a wide array of challenges, ranging from demanding schedules to interpersonal dynamics, political pressure, and change management.

The 50-minute sessions are confidential and focus on strengthening a leaders’ ability to thrive in a dynamic and demanding work environment. Grounded in research and backed by decades of experience in developing top-tier leaders, my approach ensures comprehensive support tailored to each individual's needs.

My one-on-one training serves different points in a
leader’s development

New Leadership Role

Guiding Organizational Change

Succession Planning

What you can expect from one-on-one training

Initial
Assessment

Absolute Confidentiality

Leadership Confidence

Measurable
Results

Monthly Sessions

Personalized Guidance & Materials

Positive Transformation

Certificate for Training Hours

Throughout one-on-one training, I will prioritize your well-being — ensuring you feel, perform, and lead at your best.

Executives and senior managers facing new challenges need a diverse range of skills — a blend of existing abilities and additional capacities to thrive amidst heightened responsibilities and expectations.

My Personalized Leadership Development program is designed to assist you in this journey. I provide essential skills in visionary leadership, effective communication, strategic thinking, emotional intelligence, adaptability, collaboration, problem-solving—all while placing your well-being at the forefront.

My program typically includes ten, 50-minute, monthly sessions. Every session is completely confidential and personalized to address your individual leadership objectives. In addition to our sessions, I provide supplementary learning materials such as skills videos and handouts to enhance your learning and reinforce your skills outside of our sessions.

My priority is your tangible progress, ensuring that each session yields significant benefits for you. Whether it's saving time, enhancing performance, boosting confidence, improving relationships, resolving conflicts, or achieving successful negotiations, I am deeply committed to your measurable advancement through our learning partnership.

Clients love my one-on-one training

“I benefited remarkably from Tara’s mastery of personalized training. Every hour had a measurable impact on my efficiency and effectiveness as a state employee and leader. Her training is an investment that translates to many more hours of time and money saved at the individual and group level—truly exceptional.”

Kannan Krishnan, Assistant Deputy Director for Scientific Programs, OEHHA
“Tara’s one-on-one training was truly a life changing experience for me. The insights she offered have been lasting and help me become the best version of myself. She is an informed advisor and her breadth of knowledge, fantastic listening skills, and objective approach always left me excited for our next session together.”

Natalie Krout, ISD Director, CDFA
"Tara’s one-on-one training significantly improved my management skills and overall efficiency. Her personalized lesson plan helped me enhance my abilities in managing meetings, developing briefings, and coaching my leadership team. As a result, I feel more focused, productive, and less stressed."

Jeremy Lancaster, Director & State Geologist, DOC
“Tara helped me develop a leadership style that aligns with my values. Her training was highly attuned and tailored to my needs, helping me discover new areas for growth along the way. I was fortunate to meet Tara at a critical juncture in my career, and I'm confident I will draw on her teachings for years to come.”

Andrew King, Deputy Director of Data Operations Strategy, CA Office of Data and Innovation
“Tara’s one-on-one program was truly transformational. I have more confidence in my coaching skills and more clarity in where I want to take my career. In addition, the exercise of identifying my inner saboteurs was a breakthrough moment for me; I now feel empowered to advocate for myself on both a professional and personal level. For the first time in my almost 20 year career I feel really great about where I am and where I’m going.”

Elizabeth Yura, Deputy Supervisor, CalGEM
“My sessions with Tara have been incredibly helpful in changing the way I approach my work. Her direct, candid feedback has given me practical ideas that I’ve been able to apply effectively. I feel truly heard without any judgment, regaining confidence in leveraging my strengths, learning from failure, and growing as both a person and a leader."

Hye-Youn Park, Senior Toxicologist, OEHHA
"Tara’s personalized training has been instrumental in assisting my transition to executive management. She provided numerous tailored and practical insights and recommendations that covered a wide range of every day challenges related to personnel management, strategic planning, and building a strong culture.”

Brian Brown, Chief Financial Officer, DTSC
"Tara’s one-on-one training has been truly transformative to me as a leader. She helped me create bandwidth to focus on my own priorities in my work. Tara gave me the tools to not only address the challenges I was having, but also to feel like I have a strong foundation to navigate challenges that will come.”

Laurel Firestone, Board Member, CA SWRCB
"I highly recommend Tara for one-on-one leadership training. Tara helped me ground my vision with practical strategies and effective tools for implementation. And she helped me identify both strengths and opportunities for development, then worked closely with me to outline actionable steps for growing my program.”

Sarah Rubin, Deputy Director, DOC
"Personalized leadership training with Tara provided me key tools to help me work smarter, not harder in my life. The tailored, one-on-one sessions were key in identifying habits and mindsets that needed to be changed. I am a better leader, manager, and person from this experience.”

Sandy Louey, Manager, CA Energy Commission